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Yamaha's Motif range has proved to be both popular and enduring — so is the latest incarnation, the Rack XS, your cue to join the Motif party?
Allen & Heath have today announced the launch of a brand new range of MixWizard mixers a new 28-fader GLD console called the GLD112.
Since their introduction in the '90s, the MixWizard series has seen various upgrades, and this fourth generation features EQ in/out switching, an optional multichannel USB interface and new dual digital effects engines on the 16:2 and 12:2 models.
Spirit's 328 is a digital mixer designed to retain the intuitive feel of an analogue desk. Paul White takes the controls, while Hugh Robjohns explores the 328's comprehensive digital interfacing.
In addition to the usual dynamics and EQ facilities, this voice channel from Dbx offers physical modelling effects in the digital domain, allowing it to simulate the performance of different types of mics and mic amps.
Audient have updated their popular eight-channel preamp design to provide more features at a lower price.
Focusrite's first computer recording interface looks to cover all the bases with plentiful I/O, DSP effects and flexible monitoring arrangements (including surround).
Yamaha have added USB interfacing to their established digital mixer. Is this enough to ensure it keeps pace with more recent competition?
Steinberg’s newest interface features USB 2 connectivity and a impressive degree of integration with Cubase.
Physical modelling has always held out the best hope for producing realistic miked-up amp tones from a DI processor, and many recording guitarists found their prayers answered when Line 6 launched the Pod. But does this new contender in the field have anything more to offer? Dave Lockwood gets physical with the J Station.
Is the combination of audio interface and 500-series chassis the ideal solution for a compact, hybrid setup?
Paul White lives life to the max with the new Waves L2, a mastering limiter with all the trimmings.
Yamaha's AW4416 recording workstation, which debued at the NAMM show earlier this year, has been the subject of more reader inquiries at the SOS office than any other product in living memory. In this exclusive preview, Hugh Robjohns gets his hands on a prototype to find out what we have to look forward to...
JoeMeek gear has always been about adding a nice vintage vibe to your recordings without having to pay through the nose. Does the new Q2 deliver the goods?
Hugh Robjohns tries out a mic preamp from Dbx with a built-in A-D converter that is supposed to be impossible to clip...
TC Electronic have upgraded their already impressive Finalizer mastering processor to include a number of new features, most notably 96kHz capability. Hugh Robjohns finds out if it's still at the top of the tree.
As its name implies, the Montage combines multiple technologies within a single, powerful instrument. But does it have what it takes to be the market leader Yamaha want it to be?
We examine the Swedish soft-synth specialists’ first foray into the world of hardware: the Balance.
Eighteen years after the launch of their ground-breaking POD, Line 6’s new flagship amp-modeller looks brimful of promise.
Yamaha's soundcard is a synth, a mixer and an effects unit in one. Martin Walker finds plenty to talk about.